Rookie offensive linemen James Hurst and John Urschel made their first starts since Week 7 Sunday with the Ravens' playoff fate on the line, and both the rookies and their coaches were confident the pair could handle the moment.
That trust was...

Cleveland Browns coach Mike Pettine came to Washington planning to announce his quarterback for the regular-season opener in the next couple of days. However, neither highly-touted rookie Johnny Manziel nor holdover Brian Hoyer played very well against...

Shorthanded all season, the Ravens' wide receiver corps could get some reinforcements from as soon as this week.
Wide receiver Jacoby Jones is scheduled to start practicing this week, according to coach John Harbaugh. Jones missed the past three games...

Ravens running back Ray Rice said he didn't aggravate his left hip flexor strain during a 23-20 loss to the Buffalo Bills during which he wasn't a factor, rushing for just 17 yards on five carries.
The Ravens gained just 24 rushing yards on nine...

Joe Flacco leaned against a wall adjacent to the Ravens’ locker room and heard his head coach take responsibility for a loss that John Harbaugh described as a “poor performance.”
In a discouraging 23-20 defeat to the Buffalo Bills in front of an announced 68,296 at Ralph Wilson Stadium, the Ravens could neither run the football nor stop the run. They dropped passes, missed tackles, blew blocking and coverage assignments, committed eight penalties, attempted just nine running plays, and...

Ravens coach John Harbaugh wasn't willing to second guess the decision Sunday to abandon the run game nor was he in the mood to protect some of the team's under-performing players.
Given ample time to digest Sunday's mistake-filled 23-20 road loss to the Buffalo Bills, a candid Harbaugh called the offensive line "disappointing," challenged drops-prone tight end Ed Dickson to "go catch the ball," and defended the play-calling.
Quarterback Joe Flacco dropped back to pass on 31 straight plays at one...

Jets 27, Bills 20
Strategy: Buffalo, led by first-year coach Doug Marrone, is in the process of tailoring its offense to the skills of rookie quarterback E.J. Manuel. The Bills used read-option runs, rollouts and play-action bootlegs to take advantage of Manuel's mobility. They often put Manuel in the shotgun and relied on shorter throws before taking more shots deep as Sunday's loss to the Jets went on. Defensively, they have a hybrid front, which makes sense because they seem to change their scheme...

Buffalo Bills safety Jim Leonhard was fined $15,750 for unnecessary roughness for his sideline tackle on Ravens wide receiver Deonte Thompson, according to an NFL spokesman.
Thompson sustained a concussion on a big hit from the former Ravens safety after catching a 23-yard pass during the fourth quarter of the Ravens' 23-20 loss.
Specifically, Leonhard was fined for striking a defenseless receiver in the head and neck area.
No other players were fined in the game, including Ravens outside linebacker...

Left tackle Eugene Monroe excused himself from dinner with head coach Harbaugh Thursday night because he wanted to go upstairs at the team facility and spent more time studying the Ravens' offense.
It's been a crash course for Monroe, who the Ravens acquired from the Jacksonville Jaguars on Thursday for two draft picks. Monroe will eventually become the Ravens' starting left tackle, but Harbaugh said that he's still not sure the 26-year-old will know enough of the offense to play a prominent role...

Ravens kick returner and wide receiver Jacoby Jones is inactive for today's game against the Miami Dolphins, the fourth straight week he'll miss since spraining the medial collateral ligament in his right knee in the first game against the Denver Broncos.
The Ravens also scratched wide receiver Marlon Brown due to a strained hamstring, leaving them extremely shorthanded, with just three active players at the position: Torrey Smith, Tandon Doss and Deonte Thompson, who is returning from a concussion...